November 28, 2017

Christmas festive goodies with local flavours? This is something different. The Roasted Turkeys, NEW log cake flavours and Christmas bundles from Pacific Marketplace can be the next talking point for your celebration meals. Pacific Marketplace at Pan Pacific Singapore has introduced 3 NEW Log Cake flavours – Chendol Log Cake, Chocolate Matcha Cherry Morello Log Cake and Araguani Frambosie Crunchy Log Cake. There are also other cakes and pastries handcrafted by Pastry Chef Eddy Yau and team, who have introduced an East-meets-West collection the last quarter of this year. Among the new collection, look out for the fragrant Pandan......

The very first product that made April’s Bakery popular in Bangkok Thailand was the Roasted Honey Pork Pie. After successes with the introduction of Cantonese-style sweet pies with soft fillings of Thai Milk Tea, Tokyo Banana and Taro at Tampines (outside the MRT train station) and One Raffles Place...

November 18, 2017

Since when has cheese and toast become THAT instagrammable? Say Chiizu Toast has garnered some social media attention with its cutesy yellow packaging, toasts of varied flavours, and most important of all – that stretchy cheese. The viral Cheese Toast store is also set to open at VivoCity,...

November 18, 2017

It’s Cake Time: Brew&Bake is probably the first time that 9 local bakeries, all familiar names, have come together to collaborate on this cake campaign to create their own take on a floral tea inspired cake You will find your local favourites: Baker & Cook, Bakery Cuisine, Barcook, D’Pastriez...

November 01, 2017

So people are still queuing for the fluffy and jiggly Castella Cakes, that became trendy in this part of the world recently. Original Cake 源味本鋪, said to be the first cake store in Taiwan’s Tamsui to specialize in this version of Castella Cakes, has expanded with a few branches...

September 14, 2017

BreadTalk has launched the Crater Cheese Honey Cake, likely to be the 1st in Singapore. The Crater Cheese Honey Cake, sometimes known as Baked Honey Cheese Cake, have gotten quite trendy in neighbouring countries, and may remind some of the popular Castella Cake. However, these are not commonly found...

August 27, 2017

There is no lack of instagrammable café food in Sydney, and these cute animal-shaped cookie choux puffs from Doux Amour quickly landed in my “must-eat” (or more correctly “must-shoot”) list. Doux Amour is situated in Roseberry, considered relatively new in the market. On top of the popular choux...

August 06, 2017

When April’s Bakery was first launched in Singapore at Tampines (outside the MRT train station), queues formed and many of their freshly baked pies were sold out fast. If Tampines is too far for you, April’s Bakery has arrived in the CBD at One Raffles Place basement. This shop...

July 28, 2017

Singapore has its own Le Castella Cake 樂古早味蛋糕 shop (finally) at Tampines One. A Castella is a Japanese sponge cake made of sugar, flour, eggs, and starch syrup. However, this particular Le Castella 樂古早味蛋糕 brand actually originated from Taiwan, known for its thick, fluffy jiggly Castella Cakes. Cut into...

May 10, 2017

Sawadee krub. If you have walked past Tampines MRT Station, you may have noticed that the popular April’s Bakery from Bangkok has (quietly) opened in Singapore. [Updated: NEW outlet has opened at One Raffles Place basement.) April’s Bakery specialises in home-made pies, and there are more than 60 outlets...

April 30, 2017

At the basement of Lotte Department Store Myeong-Dong is a Le Castella shop, where queues can go to as long as an hour. All for a huge piece of soft, fluffy sponge cake. A Castella is a popular Japanese sponge cake made of sugar, flour, eggs, and starch...

March 11, 2017

YCK people can perhaps shed some tears of joy, thanks to another “cakery” addition in the neighborhood. Like finally. Despite being relatively new, Salt and Delight may be familiar to pastry lovers, as owner / patisserie chef Gwen has been serving her range of Entremet cakes online since 2015....

January 10, 2017

You may just miss this unassuming cake shop Out of the Cake Box at the basement of the new Our Tampines Hub at Tampines Ave 4. With desserts like Chendol Fudge, Mango Sticky Rice, Watermelon Cake, White Rabbit (yeah, that nostalgic sweet), Rose Lychee, Matcha Yuzu Cheesecake — not...

December 12, 2016

After making several appearance at various food fairs in Singapore, KOKI Tamagoyaki opened the first permanent Tamagoyaki kiosk in Singapore at the basement of Raffles City Shopping Centre. Hurray! No more playing hide and seek and trying to track down their next appearance. Their signature item is the Tamagoyaki...

November 08, 2016

Chimney cake (technically not a cake), also known as “Kürtőskalács”, is a type of European pastry made using layers of dough. A dedicated Chimney Cake shop has opened in Singapore at Scape, Orchard. The name sounds cheem. It is not referring to the rooftop structure which Santa Claus will...